The Pentagon announced that the United States and five Arab partner nations launched a series of airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syr...
The Pentagon announced that the United States and five Arab partner nations launched a series of airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria for the first time early Tuesday.nnThe Arab nations that participated to the strikes are: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, CNN reported. nnAccording to NBC News, manned and unmanned air assets were deployed to carry out the strikes, including F-22s, F-16s, F-15s, and F/A-18s, B-1 bombers.nnShips in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea were also employed. The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is currently in the Persian Gulf while the guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke is in the Red Sea.nnThe bombing began at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday Syrian time. According to ABC, up to 20 locations were targeted in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa.nnAmong the targets were fuel and weapons depots, training sites, troop encampments, as well as the Islamic State headquarters, NBC News reported. nnThe strikes are part of a military campaign authorized by the Obama administration nearly two weeks ago to neutralize the Islamic State, after the Sunni extremist group killed thousands of people in Syria and Iraq and carried out the savage beheadings of two American journalists and a British aid worker.nn-------------------------------------------------------------nnWelcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.nnFor news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUSnnSubscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-WqkTyKK1_70U4bb4k4lQ?sub_confirmation=1nnVisit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: https://us.tomonews.netnCheck out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCjnCheck out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1fnnStay connected with us here:nFacebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUSnTwitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUSnGoogle+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/nInstagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus Less
